Strangers in Space
@strangerscast.bsky.social
Podcasting about films and TV, music and politics - and of course, Doctor Who - so you don't have to
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A constantly evolving group of Doctor Who friends talking film and TV, occasionally music, sometimes politics - and of course Doctor Who itself - so you don't have to
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The Strangers in Space feed is moving to a new home. Our episodes will from now on publish here instead of the old address.
We've taken out a redirection, so logging on to the old feed should automatically transfer to the new one, your subscription should carry on as normal.
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We've taken out a redirection, so logging on to the old feed should automatically transfer to the new one, your subscription should carry on as normal.
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Broader and deeper than Doctor Who...
Back in the early months of 2012 we started life as the Blue Box Podcast, a small team of three (then four, then five...) people podcasting our thoughts on Docto...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The Strangers in Space feed is moving to a new home. Our episodes will from now on publish here instead of the old address.
We've taken out a redirection, so logging on to the old feed should automatically transfer to the new one, your subscription should carry on as normal.
jrsouthall.podbean.com
We've taken out a redirection, so logging on to the old feed should automatically transfer to the new one, your subscription should carry on as normal.
jrsouthall.podbean.com
Another randomly chosen story for Who Review Extra, another Torchwood series finale to talk about. December kicks off with Exit Wounds.
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December 1, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Another randomly chosen story for Who Review Extra, another Torchwood series finale to talk about. December kicks off with Exit Wounds.
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Half an hour till this
If you want to know where to find me at 8pm tomorrow evening, I'll be surrounded by Scottish fellas and immersed in Flux - and the whole thing will be live on the internet at the other end of this link. I might just choose Passenger.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee15...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee15...
The Polis Box Live! : The Vanquishers
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November 28, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Half an hour till this
If you want to know where to find me at 8pm tomorrow evening, I'll be surrounded by Scottish fellas and immersed in Flux - and the whole thing will be live on the internet at the other end of this link. I might just choose Passenger.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee15...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee15...
The Polis Box Live! : The Vanquishers
YouTube video by The Polis Box : Live!
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November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
If you want to know where to find me at 8pm tomorrow evening, I'll be surrounded by Scottish fellas and immersed in Flux - and the whole thing will be live on the internet at the other end of this link. I might just choose Passenger.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee15...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ee15...
Tomorrow evening I shall be paying for some unrelated and long forgotten sin of my past, by appearing LIVE on The Polis Box : Live!'s trial of Flux Chapter Six: The Vanquishers. Will I be extolling its virtues or condemning it to the inner ring of Satan's anus? Find out in 25 hours' time...
Last call for your Viewer Evidence on The Vanquishers - we’re live with @markdonaldson.bsky.social and @strangerscast.bsky.social’s J.R. Southall on YouTube tomorrow night from 8pm!
FRIDAY : the trial of Flux reaches it’s conclusion with The Vanquishers going before the court, with guests @strangerscast.bsky.social’s J.R. Southall and @markdonaldson.bsky.social. But is it guilty or not guilty of crimes against #DoctorWho? Send us your thoughts for Viewer Evidence!
November 27, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Tomorrow evening I shall be paying for some unrelated and long forgotten sin of my past, by appearing LIVE on The Polis Box : Live!'s trial of Flux Chapter Six: The Vanquishers. Will I be extolling its virtues or condemning it to the inner ring of Satan's anus? Find out in 25 hours' time...
Seeing as our last episode was a day early, here we are Fixing Eric Saward on a Thursday rather than the intended Friday. I hope he's ready for our clean-up campaign!
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November 27, 2025 at 6:08 AM
Seeing as our last episode was a day early, here we are Fixing Eric Saward on a Thursday rather than the intended Friday. I hope he's ready for our clean-up campaign!
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Still time to get your thoughts on The Vanquishers to us ahead of the big series finale - we’re live with @markdonaldson.bsky.social and J.R. Southall from @strangerscast.bsky.social from 8pm on Friday!
FRIDAY : the trial of Flux reaches it’s conclusion with The Vanquishers going before the court, with guests @strangerscast.bsky.social’s J.R. Southall and @markdonaldson.bsky.social. But is it guilty or not guilty of crimes against #DoctorWho? Send us your thoughts for Viewer Evidence!
November 26, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Still time to get your thoughts on The Vanquishers to us ahead of the big series finale - we’re live with @markdonaldson.bsky.social and J.R. Southall from @strangerscast.bsky.social from 8pm on Friday!
If anyone can find the fuck I give about these two, please get in touch
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
If anyone can find the fuck I give about these two, please get in touch
According to the BBC, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says Rachel Reeves is hiking taxes to pay for welfare.
There's a mic drop right there.
There's a mic drop right there.
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
According to the BBC, Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch says Rachel Reeves is hiking taxes to pay for welfare.
There's a mic drop right there.
There's a mic drop right there.
Here's Wednesday's podcast already, our chat about the photo of Billie and Paul that emerged at the weekend and more generally, the thoughts we've had about what 2026 might bring.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Here's Wednesday's podcast already, our chat about the photo of Billie and Paul that emerged at the weekend and more generally, the thoughts we've had about what 2026 might bring.
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Wish it could be Christmas every day? Well, perhaps not every day, but December is almost upon us and between now and the big day we're going twice-weekly with our Doctor Who-themed episodes, in our busiest month since the sixtieth anniversary. Plus all the usual film reviews and more.
November 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Wish it could be Christmas every day? Well, perhaps not every day, but December is almost upon us and between now and the big day we're going twice-weekly with our Doctor Who-themed episodes, in our busiest month since the sixtieth anniversary. Plus all the usual film reviews and more.
We turn our microphones to the topic of the recently finished Alien: Earth, and ask ourselves if eight episodes of Alien on the telly is all our dreams come true, or maybe too much Alien...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:13 AM
We turn our microphones to the topic of the recently finished Alien: Earth, and ask ourselves if eight episodes of Alien on the telly is all our dreams come true, or maybe too much Alien...
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strangersinspace.libsyn.com/tv-club-87-a...
Our thoughts on *that* photo (audio edition on Wednesday) - plus a bonus hour on the problems with RTD-1
youtu.be/_nCUwKrXa1U
youtu.be/_nCUwKrXa1U
Who News: Time Trash (Piper & Paul) + Fixing RTD
YouTube video by JR Southall
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November 23, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Our thoughts on *that* photo (audio edition on Wednesday) - plus a bonus hour on the problems with RTD-1
youtu.be/_nCUwKrXa1U
youtu.be/_nCUwKrXa1U
A chat about Reeltime Pictures' Myth Makers series of interviews, with a slight focus on two in particular, in honour of @toohot4tv.bsky.social Dylan's recent book on the subject
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November 21, 2025 at 6:05 AM
A chat about Reeltime Pictures' Myth Makers series of interviews, with a slight focus on two in particular, in honour of @toohot4tv.bsky.social Dylan's recent book on the subject
strangersinspace.libsyn.com/blue-box-195...
strangersinspace.libsyn.com/blue-box-195...
We review the debut album Tell Me It's Not True, by new indie band Silk Cuts; if C86 and Sarah Records is your thing, or even if you just like authentic sounding guitar music, they should be right up your street. They are certainly up ours!
strangersinspace.libsyn.com/music-club-e...
strangersinspace.libsyn.com/music-club-e...
November 19, 2025 at 7:19 AM
We review the debut album Tell Me It's Not True, by new indie band Silk Cuts; if C86 and Sarah Records is your thing, or even if you just like authentic sounding guitar music, they should be right up your street. They are certainly up ours!
strangersinspace.libsyn.com/music-club-e...
strangersinspace.libsyn.com/music-club-e...
When are we going to drop the P and start calling him Resident Trump?
Or better yet, the Senior Citizen Resident of the United States.
Scrotus for short
Or better yet, the Senior Citizen Resident of the United States.
Scrotus for short
November 18, 2025 at 5:56 AM
When are we going to drop the P and start calling him Resident Trump?
Or better yet, the Senior Citizen Resident of the United States.
Scrotus for short
Or better yet, the Senior Citizen Resident of the United States.
Scrotus for short
After Pinocchio, Frankenstein feels like the next logical step for director Guillermo del Toro. But would we be able to sit through yet another adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel?
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November 17, 2025 at 6:07 AM
After Pinocchio, Frankenstein feels like the next logical step for director Guillermo del Toro. But would we be able to sit through yet another adaptation of Mary Shelley's novel?
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strangersinspace.libsyn.com/film-club-ex...
On the feed in the second half of November... we catch up with the Frankensteins, partake of some Silk Cuts, and watch a pair of Myth Makers (so you don't have to), before finding Aliens on Earth, fixing Eric Saward, and starting a Hammer marathon with an early pair of Quatermass adjacent horrors...
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
On the feed in the second half of November... we catch up with the Frankensteins, partake of some Silk Cuts, and watch a pair of Myth Makers (so you don't have to), before finding Aliens on Earth, fixing Eric Saward, and starting a Hammer marathon with an early pair of Quatermass adjacent horrors...
If post-The Smiths indie is your thing (particularly the C86/Sarah Records end of the spectrum) - or even if you just like bands that play instruments and make lovely music - then here's the video of our review of the debut album from Silk Cuts; audio on our feed next week:
youtu.be/rUACNg63QsA
youtu.be/rUACNg63QsA
Music Club Extra: Silk Cuts, Tell Me It's Not True Review
YouTube video by JR Southall
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
If post-The Smiths indie is your thing (particularly the C86/Sarah Records end of the spectrum) - or even if you just like bands that play instruments and make lovely music - then here's the video of our review of the debut album from Silk Cuts; audio on our feed next week:
youtu.be/rUACNg63QsA
youtu.be/rUACNg63QsA
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We'll be back on Friday the 28th of November, for the grand series finale, with @strangerscast.bsky.social's J.R. Southall and Darlington's premier David Bowie tribute act @markdonaldson.bsky.social! See you then!
youtube.com/live/Ee15Pbp...
youtube.com/live/Ee15Pbp...
The Polis Box Live! : The Vanquishers
YouTube video by The Polis Box : Live!
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November 14, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We'll be back on Friday the 28th of November, for the grand series finale, with @strangerscast.bsky.social's J.R. Southall and Darlington's premier David Bowie tribute act @markdonaldson.bsky.social! See you then!
youtube.com/live/Ee15Pbp...
youtube.com/live/Ee15Pbp...
Five sequels, a prequel and a TV series suggest 1990's Tremors must have been a huge hit - although that must have been on home media because the box office itself wasn't exactly stellar. What does the movie look like 35 years on though...?
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November 14, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Five sequels, a prequel and a TV series suggest 1990's Tremors must have been a huge hit - although that must have been on home media because the box office itself wasn't exactly stellar. What does the movie look like 35 years on though...?
strangersinspace.libsyn.com/film-club-li...
strangersinspace.libsyn.com/film-club-li...
A new member of the team takes over the job of helping to choose another ten classic Doctor Who stories worth revisiting in a modern reboot - and we have a new Doctor to choose stories for too. But what stories could we possibly have chosen for her?
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November 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
A new member of the team takes over the job of helping to choose another ten classic Doctor Who stories worth revisiting in a modern reboot - and we have a new Doctor to choose stories for too. But what stories could we possibly have chosen for her?
strangersinspace.libsyn.com/blue-box-194...
strangersinspace.libsyn.com/blue-box-194...
Can't wait to see who they cast Michael Sheen and David Morrissey as, when they come to make the film about this current bunch of frumpy nose-talkers
November 11, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Can't wait to see who they cast Michael Sheen and David Morrissey as, when they come to make the film about this current bunch of frumpy nose-talkers
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